Double Happiness Mugs

Item #73857
155753

Price:
$22.00

Availability: Out of stock. This item is no longer available for purchase.

(Originally $25.00)

A Smithsonian Institution Exclusive

Description

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SPECIAL VALUE AT $22.00

Drink to Double Happiness. What could be better than a doubly auspicious start (or middle, or end) to your day? These Double Happiness Mugs are red, the Chinese color for happiness and the handles are the Chinese character for happiness. Place the mugs handle to handle and you create double happiness. Ceramic. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
3.8"h x 3.15" dia., exclusive of handles. Set of 2.

Museum Provenance

Some of the world’s most esteemed Asian art is curated at our Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Their highly prized collections of cloisonné, illustrated haiku, porcelain, textiles and Buddhist art inspired the thoughtful gifts, artworks and clothing we present on these pages.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or
inspired by an object or objects in our collection.

I drooled over these for several years, and finally bought a pair -- fantastic! In the future, these will be ideal gifts for my fellow martial artists, and any friends with red in their kitchen or dining decor. The color is terrific. It's fun to put a finger in each space on the handle -- a big point with little nieces and hot chocolate! They are just as lovely as I had hoped. Future recipients will surely be thrilled, as I will be giving these in the future. What an ideal housewarming gift!. Next -- those matching bowls! Thank you!

I purchased these for my husband and my 18th wedding anniversary. We love to start each morning by drinking our coffee together. And what better way than in a beautiful Chinese red Double Happiness mug! I am an avid collector of Asian objects and our home is filled with them. We love these mugs and may end up getting the bowls as well!

One of the 2 "matching" cup handles was parallel to the flat table surface; the other one drooped ever so slightly, so that when put together, end-to-end, there was about a 1/8 inch match-up difference in height between the two handle-ends. This is important, because when the cups are viewed as an EXACT end-to-end match, together they resemble the very Chinese character that the mug pair is supposed to represent. And that is a "double happiness" symbol. When they don't match perfectly in height, shape, etc., they're not FULLY symmetrical, and thus seem almost as if some kind a "mockery" of themselves - and their intended meaning. Quality control at the factory would be helpful.

I ordered this product on 11/30. Got Email that it was back-orded to 12/10. Still thought it would get here by Christmas. It was not sent out till 12/20. Myfriend will get her present LATE. I an not a happy customer!